We’ve all heard of Robert Downey, Jr. Between his time as a Brat Packer back in the ’80s with films like Weird Science and Less Than Zero, to his his drug abuse troubles not long after, to his comeback in 2008 as Marvel’s Iron Man, the guy is recognizable to …

A few times a year, I open my mailbox to find an innocuous package from cult film preservation and releasing company, Vinegar Syndrome. I never know what film I’m going to get. In the past few months, I’ve reviewed a body horror film (Australia’s Body Melt 1993), a horror parody …

On April 1, 1973. the most bizarre and macabre event in all of Brooklyn’s modern history occurred. Twelve people inside a reputed house of prostitution and an illegal abortion clinic were killed. Only one occupant survived. When found by police, she told a tale so fantastic and horrific, she was …

Last month, I was greeted at my mailbox by a package from one of my very favorite film distributors, Vinegar Syndrome (see my review of their 4k Blu-ray release of 1993’s Body Melt here). Since I hadn’t ordered anything from them recently, the contents inside that inconspicuous mailing envelope were …

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for body horror films. There’s just something truly terrifying about your own body turning against you. No matter how fast you can run, there’s no escaping yourself. So when I heard that the 1993 Australian horror film, Body Melt, was getting …

Remakes of ’70s and ’80s horror films were all the rage in the 2000s. The box office success of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remake in 2003 started a bit of a renaissance. What followed was a hodgepodge of mostly watered down studio fluff, including The Fog, The Wicker Man, and When A Stranger …

Hot on the heels of the Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, Elf) led re-imagining, the unhinged folks over at Troma have decided that this is the perfect time to release the Toxic Avenger franchise of films on remastered 4K UHD versions. Perhaps the film that can be singularly traced as …

NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Loaded with meaningful subtext, yet still retaining the more exploitative …

With so much media coming out in our beloved horror genre in the year 2022, what’s the cream of the crop? To help you our readers sort through it all, we decided to initiate our very own awards to celebrate. Welcome to the first annual Bloody Pop Awards! Our candidates …

Available now on VHS from Broke Horror Fan and Gaspar Noe (Irreversible): Lux Aeterna. The film stars Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), and Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road). Synopsis: Actors Betrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg are on a film set telling stories about past productions and burning …